New YouTube Changes: This Week in Social Media

Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up-to-date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

What’s New This Week?

YouTube Channels Get a New Look: There are a few new features for YouTube channels. The first is a new set of four different Channel templates to choose from. Plus the Channel Feed has been improved to make it clear what you’ll get if you subscribe.

Choose the best layout for your YouTube Channel.

The New YouTube Player Has Thumbnails: YouTube is rolling out a new feature over the next weeks where you’ll see an image preview or a series of thumbnails. These new thumbnails allow you to take a sneak peek, scan through thumbnails and zoom in on long videos.

YouTube thumbnails make it easy to find what you are looking for in long videos.

Facebook Introduces Interest Lists: These new Interest Lists allow you to create different lists for your Facebook friends and favorite Pages to create filters for your News Feed. Lists can be private, public or only visible to you and your friends. Others can subscribe to your public Lists.

You can add both people and Pages into your new Facebook Interest Lists.

Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in international business development and then built her own international business using social business networking.

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